Stacking Box
1586 | Giovanni Ambrogio Maggiore
Around 1600 ivory began to regain its importance as artistic material in Europe. Turnery became the new fashion. Rudolf II received princely gifts of turned objects from Munich and Dresden and also employed his own court turner, Hans Wecker. Ivory sculptures remained rare, but the sculptor Nikolaus Pfaff created statuettes of great virtuosity and charm for the emperor.
Around 1600 ivory began to regain its importance as artistic material in Europe. Turnery became the new fashion. Rudolf II received princely gifts of turned objects from Munich and Dresden and also employed his own court turner, Hans Wecker. Ivory sculptures remained rare, but the sculptor Nikolaus Pfaff created statuettes of great virtuosity and charm for the emperor.
Artist:
Giovanni Ambrogio Maggiore (um 1550 Mailand - nach 1617 Mailand) DNB
Time:
1586
Object Name
Box
Culture
Munich
Material/technology:
Ivory, opaque paint
Dimensions:
35 cm × 15 cm × 18 cm
Signed
Monogrammiert und datiert: "1586"
G (mit durchgestecktem Nagel)
Inscribed
"D G GV (D B)" (=Dei Gratia Gulielmus Dux Bavariae)
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Kunstkammer
Invs.
Kunstkammer, 4695